Thursday, July 26, 2007

I'm off to the "Land of the Jean Shorts" (aka Upstate New York) but before I go, I must recommend tonight's show at the Rock & Roll Hotel. The Fake Accents debut their new line-up as they open for Get Him Eat Him. Their new bassist has been officially sworn in and he's ready to do battle (seriously, he's a surly Irishman and he wants to fight you). Will this new line-up finally give the Fake Accents the recognition they deserve as one of the best bands in the city? Probably not. That's okay. As long as they fly under the radar we might convince them headline our benefit for the Rock Club Center For Children Who Can't Rock Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Rock Stuff Good Too Center. We should really reconsider that name...

Also on the bill is an interesting band from Iceland called Benni Hemm Hemm. Their oddly entrancing music is not your standard indie rock and it should make for a unique live show. You can expect lots of horns - in a cool Menomena way, not an annoying Mighty Mighty Bosstones way. You'll also hear lyrics in a made up language [Side note: Icelandic isn't a real language. It's like Esperanto, Vulcan, or Polish. It doesn't really exist], and song titles featuring nothing but the letters j,n,ö, Þ, and ó.